The bitter war of words over BJP chief Amit Shah’s ‘crackers’ remark rang down the curtains on the campaign for the fourth phase of Bihar polls, the warring allies in the Maharashtra government locked horns once again as Shiv Sena threatened to break off the alliance while Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis dismissed it as mere drama; nearly two years after rape and murder of TCS employee Esther Anuhya, a Mumbai court pronounced death sentence to the convict; music maestro Zubin Mehta feels protesting writers should have a dialogue with the government, and more in our news wrap of the day.